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The visual arts are a class of art artforms, including painting, sculpture, photography, and others, that focus on the creation of artworks which are primarily visual in nature. The visual arts are distinguished from the performing arts, language arts, culinary arts, and other such classes of artwork. The definition is not strict, and many artistic disciplines involve aspects of the visual arts as well other types.In UKBritain until recently the fine arts—painting, sculpture, printmaking, et cetera—were seen as distinct from handicraftcraft disciplines such as applied art, design, textiles, and the various metalworking disciplines such as blacksmithing and jewellery. This distinction arose from the work of a group of artists led by William Morris known as the Arts and Crafts Movement whose political aim was to value vernacular artforms as much as high forms. The movement was at odds with modernists who sought to withhold the high arts from the masses by keeping them esoteric. The result of the conflict between the two groups was to politicise the products of what we now know as visual artists. British art schools made a clear distinction between the ''fine arts'' (a term that hints at their supposed superiority) and the ''handicraftcrafts'' in such a way that a craftsperson could not be considered a practitioner of high art. Although this is no longer the case, the residue of inequality between the ''crafts'' or ''applied arts'' and the so-called ''fine arts'' still exists in some quarters. In Britain the term "visual arts" is suitably independent of these older, loaded concepts and as such is the preferred term for work across all the disciplines in question.A similar stigma exists in the US, where "arts and crafts" has a very particular meaning, denoting the sort of artwork first taught in elementary school and also (later in life) a variety of kitsch, household artwork. Most craftspeople are still not seen as practicing "fine art" among the traditional art school set, but certainly can produce "high art" if considered to be a "visual artist", no matter the medium.
Common types of visual art - Body art Ceramics Comics Concept art Decorative arts Depliage Design Drawing Film Found art Installation art Intervention art Graffiti Land art Light art Mail art Minimal Art Painting Photography Printmaking Sculpture Sound art Textile art Video art
History of the visual arts - History of artHistory of filmDesignHistory of designFashionHistory of fashionHistory of paintingPhotographyHistory of photographyHistory of sculpture
References - :Carey, John Title=The Intellectuals and the Masses Publisher=Faber & Faber Year=1992 ID=ISBN 0571169260
External links - artlex.com - ArtLex - online dictionary of visual art terms. metmuseum.org - ''Art History Timeline'' by the Metropolitan Museum of Art. people.msoe.edu - ''Tenability of the Distinction Between Arts and Crafts'' - essay. (PDF)passionforpaint.com - The (Budget) Wise Art Collector Category:Visual arts*Visual artsCategory:Topic listsaf:Beeldende !kunstebg:Изобразите ни? изкустваbr:Arzoù ar Gweledde:Bildende Kunstes:Artes visuales y diseñofr:Arts visuelsfy:Byldzjende keunstko:미술ia:Artes visual e designoit:Arti visualila:Ars visualislt:Dailėli:Beeldende kunshu:Képzőművészet és designnl:Beeldende kunstnn:Biletkunstpt:Artes visuais e designro:Arte !vizualeru:Изобразите льные? !искусстваsv:Bildkonst uk:Образотворче? мистецтво DEBUG REDIRECT (visual arts)
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Websites
Jerusalem Pottery - bathroom, kitchen, fireplace tiles
Hand painted art tile for interior decorating and home decor. Made in Jerusalem since 1922 by the Karakashian family studio.
http://www.jerusalempottery.biz/
The Other Side Gallery
Supporting Contemporary Outsider Artists with an online gallery where you can view and buy original art work.
http://www.theothersidegallery.org/
hotelcancan
Art & Projects; Installations, Paintings / Collages, Sculptures from Can Henne.
http://www.hotelcancan.de/
Art Domain Gallery
Gallery for International Visual Art, located in the German art metropolis Leipzig.
http://www.art-domain.com/
Art In Incarcerated Environments
The prison system is the greatest threat to Africans in America since chattel slavery, and an arts program in conjunction with a community center based in the African community are effective tools to use to retrieve them from this system and reintegrate them into their own communities in a positive and constructive way.
http://www.projectaie.org/
56STUFF.ru
Simple pleasures of complicated people: to listen, to look, to read.
http://www.56stuff.ru/
artgraphics.de
artgraphics.de is the contact to Ralf Fischer. The visual artist is the dreative and responsible head of DURYA, member of Quantum Ether and Projekt Lazarus, graphical designer, journalist for art and graphical stuff (reviews for magazines and books) and besides these things there are paintings, sculptures, instalations, photography and a lot of other things... even new instruments...
http://www.artgraphics.de/
Arts Services Ltd
UK based creative enterprise run by Fiona Mason, providing producing, management, fundraising and consultancy services to the arts (dance, theatre, music, literature, visual art).
http://arts-services.co.uk/
art announcements - visual art deadlines
Monthly trilingual newsletter and database providing deadlines, calls for submission, slide reviews, exhibition proposals for art-related events for Europe, the United States and Australia
http://www.artannouncements.com/
frizztext
reviews of photography art and gypsy swing jazz guitarists
http://www.drfrizz.de/
untwine.net
this page is part dissertation, partially proclamation, and a fragmented figmentation (partly)
http://www.untwine.net/
The Art Photography of Manolis Tsantakis
The Art Photography of Manolis Tsantakis Fine art photography including black & White and color Nudes, Outdoor Nudes and Landscapes from Greece.
http://www.photoart.gr
ideadesign-concept and creativity
industrial design and product communication agency based in Milan, Italy that create and develops personalised projects. Studio di industrial design e comunicazione di prodotto con sede a Milano, che crea e gestisce progetti estremamente personalizzati.
http://www.ideadesign.biz/
Alexandromeda Futuristic Art
High Tech Recycled Art created from old computer and electronic parts.
http://www.alexandromeda.com/
mobydickonline
The project, www.mobydickonline.org puts Melville’s classic novel online but offers it up in a special 21st Century format: in a continuous feed, each word alone, one word at a time. This is a book re-presented as an event, one word every 0.05 seconds, the entire novel parsed mechanically for you, once every 72 hours, for a period of one year.
http://www.mobydickonline.org/
Diango Hernandez
Visuals and texts about Diango Hernandez works
http://www.diango.net/
ArtLex - Art Dictionary
Reference material in art, art history, art criticism, aesthetics, and art education. Definitions of thousands of terms, illustrations, quotations, and links to other resources.
http://www.artlex.com/
The Louisville Visual Art Association
Encourages the creation of art, provides visual art education, advocates todays visual art and artists, leads collaboration of community organizations, increases visual art opportunities, and contributes to Louisville's cultural identity.
http://www.louisvillevisualart.org
Okanagan University College - Official Site
A multi-campus University College with head offices in Kelowna and major campuses in Penticton, Vernon and Salmon Arm. Offers university degrees, as well as a full range of vocational, technical and career programs.
http://www.ouc.bc.ca/
WILDS Of Manitoba
Designs and hosts websites about wilderness art and canoeing and offers wilderness tripping and courses. Based in Winnipeg.
http://www.wilds.mb.ca
The-artists.org
Resource of contemporary visual art, with links to multimedia, performance, photography and webart.
http://www.the-artists.org/
The Sawtooth Center for Visual Art
Offering arts and crafts education. Schedule of exhibits and events, online course catalog, partners and special projects.
http://www.sawtooth.org/
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